Can melatonin improve adaptation to night shift?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 367-370

  James, Mark ^a   Tremea, Michael O ^a   Jones, Jeffrey S ^a,b   Krohmer, Jon R ^a  

^a SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Emergency medical services; Melatonin; Mood; Night shift; Sleep; Wellness; Workload

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SOMNOLENCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0031825797     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(98)90129-2     Document Type: Article

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